Cormey

I figure I'll throw in my opinion for what little it's worth. This was something I was against. Though for me as a mod user, it wasn't an "us vs. them" mentality that I've been reading about in these comments, that led me to my dislike of this new system. I appreciate the mods I get to play around with and wouldn't begrudge any mod maker the option of making some money from their time and expertise. It was the timing that I didn't like. Had there been an announcement along the lines of "Bethesda is making their new Elder Scrolls game... and it will have paid modding in it!" I'd have been fine with that (and still will be if such an announcement is made). I'd be fine with it in a new game because that would allow for that new game to build it's own community around a set of values that includes an in-built acceptance of paid mods. The timing of this however, years after the games creation, felt like they were trying to build that at the expense of a community already formed which didn't really have a concept of paid modding, accepted or otherwise. So, to the modders out there, including those who took part in the paid modding scheme; Thankyou. I refuse to blame you for something some faceless suit in corporate thought up to bleed what little coin they could from one of their aging products. I hope to continue enjoying the fruits of your talents if they one day choose to implement this properly, fairly and in a timely manner that won't directly hurt a pre-existing community in order to build a new one.